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Labour face first electoral test since general election with more than 1,600 council seats up for grabsThe Metropolitan police has confirmed that counter-terrorism police are investigating footage that appears to show Irish language rap band Kneecap calling for politicians to be killed, and shouting “up Hamas, up Hezbollah”.In a statement, the Met said:On April 22, we were made aware of an online video believed to be from a music event in London in November 2024. Following this, we w